Churn.



No. 829,317. PATENTE-D we. 21, 1-906.

A P. BASHAM.

GHURN.

ABEL-MAINE FILED 001227, 1908.

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ARTHUR PEYTON BASHAM, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.-

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Application filed October 27,

To all whom it ntcty concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR PEYToN BA- SHAM, of Owensboro, in the county of Daviess, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which the following is a complete specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a neat, convenient, efficient, and portable churning-machine which is provided with means of support for a receptacle for milk within operative proximity to the dasher and which is also provided with a udasher of special construction and means for simply lifting it to clear the aforesaid receptacle in order that the receptacle may be set in position or removed therefrom readily and at will.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a front elevation of my churn complete with receptacle in place and dasher concealed within the receptacle. Fig. II is a side elevation of the subject-matter of Fig. 1, showing also in dotted linesthe dasher within the receptacle and again in dotted lines the dasher-rod and dasher-pinion lifted bodily, as by manipulation of the dasher-rod, clear of the receptacle. Fig. 111 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the dasher-rod with the dasherpinion thereon, the latter being shown partly in section to illustrate the means of adjust ment between the members referred to.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the base, I 2 the standard, 3 the shelf, 4 and 5 frame side pieces, and 6 the head-piece, which constitute the frame of my machine in its present preferred form of embodiment. I

The shelf 3 is designed to support the receptacle 7, which is, in effect, the barrel of my churn. The height of the receptacle intended to be used determines in practice the elevation of the head 6 above the shelf 3, the head 6 being provided with a suitable bearing for the accommodation of a shaft 8, to the end of which above the shelf 3 is fixed a beveled gear 9, which is preferably a friction gear and contributes to the means of driving the dasher-rod 10.

It is a special feature of the invention that the dasher-rod, provided at its lower extremity with a dasher 11, is adapted to be lifted, so that the dasher may clear and liberate the receptacle 7. In order to accomplish that result, I make the rod 10 unrestrictedly longitudinally movable between fixed limits and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906;

1903. Serial No. 178 763.

provide a special bearing for the rod 10, both with reference to the gear 9 and the pinion 12, which being fixed to the rod 10 operatively engages with said gear. The bearings referred to are numbered 14 and 15 in the drawings and loosely accommodating the rod 10 are incorporated with crossover bearing-pieces 16 and 17, which span the gear 9 and extend, respectively, from side to side of the head-piece 6, with which they may be preferably made integral, the whole frame, or only the upper portion of it, if preferred, being made of a single metallic casting.

The pinion 12 surmounts the uppermost crossover 16, so that it may derive motion from the gear 9, into operative contact with which it is urged by its weight, as well as that of the rod 10 and the dasher 11, without interfering with the lifting up of the rod 10 longitudinally or with its being lowered again from its uppermost limit of movement. The pinion 12 is preferably made adjustable upon the rod 10 for obvious reasons and is preferably provided with an annular concentric extension 18 to accommodate an abutmentscrew 19. (See Fig. 111.) Means for driving the shaft 8 are of course contemplated as part of my machine and may consist, for example, ofa pulley 20, fixed to the end of the shaft 8 opposite to the gear 9 and connected,

as by a belt 21, with a driving-wheel 22, mounted as upon a stud 23, projecting from a suitable flat face 24 upon the upper part of the standard 2. 25 indicates the usual crank-handle.

What I claim is- 1. In a churn, the combination with a frame, head-piece, driving mechanism including a shaft in the head-piece, of a gear fixed to the end of the shaft, crossover bearin pieces spanning the gear upon the head, a dasher-rod unrestrictedly movable between fixed limits and working in bearings in said pieces, and a pinion surmounting the bearing-pieces and operatively engaging with the ear. 1 g 2. In a churn, the combination with a frame, head-piece, and driving mechanism including a shaft in the head-piece, of a friction-gear fixed to the end of the shaft, cross over bearing-pieces spanning said gear upon the head, a dasher-rod unrestrictedly movable between fixed limits, and working in bearings in said pieces, a friction-pinion surmounting the bearing-pieces and engaging with the gear, the weight of the rod and parts attached thereto serving exclusively to compel operative engagement between the gear and pinion.

3. In a churn, the combination with a frame, head-piece, and driving mechanism including a shaft in the head-piece, of a friction-gear fixed to the end of the shaft, crossover bearing-pieces spanning said gear upon the head, a dasher-rod unrestrictedly movable between fixed limits, and working in bearings in said piece, a friction-pinion surmounting the bearing-pieces, and engaging with the gear, and means for adj ustably fiX- ing the position of the pinion upon the rod, the weight of the rod and parts attached thereto serving exclusively to compel operative engagement between the gear and pinlOIl.

In testimony of all of which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ARTHUR PEYTON BASHAM. Witnesses:

C. A. WELLS, JOHN KIRK. 

